Stacey's Caning

Stacey is in trouble - but in her opinion, the punishment far outweighs the crime. at the strict reform school she has been sent to, the tiniest misdemeanour is punished severely. for the crime of being caught with a boy in her dormitory, stacey has been promised twelve strokes of the cane. an extraordinary assembly is called, and the whole school watches as she mounts the stage, where the vaulting horse - and the headmistress - wait. the unfairness of stacey's situation is amplified by the cruelty of her school mates, who take the opportunity to jeer and mock as she awaits what is coming with dreadful anticipation. having seen similar punishments conducted, stacey's fear focuses on the wrist and ankle cuffs used to secure the miscreant in place, in full view of the whole school. terrified of being tied down and helpless, stacey tries to negotiate with the stern headmistress, promising that if she is spared the humiliation of restraint, she will stay perfectly still throughout the duration of her punishment. but has stacey overestimated her capacity to withstand the fierce pain of the cane?